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The true evolution

so then late game when the augment does fall off its my fault for playing viktor and not winning the game b4 late game happens? and it wouldnt be that op look at viger he has six slots and he can get massive ap due to something thats not even his passive i really dont think its unrealistic for the augment to leave the inventory cause in that 6th slot whats gonna go in there thats gonna break the game warmogs? liandrys?GA?

Veigar is entirely single target burst except for a delayed AoE and a situational stun. Meanwhile Viktor has single target burst that shields him, AoE hard CC and far better zone denial, high damage AoE line skillshot and a big burst on his ult. Veigar is designed around the phrase 'TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE DAMAGE', Viktor isn't.

Well, lets look at fair items for Viktor. RoA is kinda core because he's short ranged and has highish mana costs, Deathcap is a must, then what? Void Staff and Liandrys for pure damage? Or Abyssal and Hourglass for tank? No matter what there's a sixth item that'd really help, whether it's more defense (Abyssal/Hourglass) or more offense (Void/Liandrys/Deathfire) or you can be a freak and build Muramana for Q procs.

Viktor is a decently strong mage right now, just not top tier. Giving him an extra item slot would suddenly make him way too strong lategame, and even midgame when he might be running into a cramped inventory.

Solcrushed, after Viktor, what is your next project? A few months ago, you said you were tasked with an eventual Twitch adjustment to make his kit a bit less clunky (if I remember right you had some ideas of shifting some of the steroids around from Q to W or something). Is that still in the eventual pipeline?

I'm really glad you guys are doing this on Viktor, he needs the love. Right now he feels like a joke champion, everytime i play him mid everyone wants me to switch, which sucks because he's my favorite to go mid. On the other hand, i do like it when the enemy team forgets how he plays due to the lack of viktor's being played. Definitely gives an advantage.

I think the thing that people who haven't feel in love with him right off the bat is that item slot that's taken away. Would it be possible to make it an optional buy, like with rengar's bonetooth necklace? Something along the lines of his passive gives bonus AP per level, and from there you can choose the augment? That way to get the most out of him is to still use his original setup, but newcomers to Viktor don't feel so restricted and are more open to playing him

Im a viktor main, yea, i really like the fact that youre actually caring about him, but i'd like if the only thing you change or upgrade were his passive, and maybe Q's range, i feel like everything else is just perfect as it is.